योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-23, verse-4

न भूतयक्षरक्षांसि न गुल्मा न वनश्रियः ।
न काष्ठतृणभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ॥ ४ ॥

na bhūtayakṣarakṣāṃsi na gulmā na vanaśriyaḥ ,
na kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca 4

4. na bhūtayakṣarakṣāṃsi na gulmāḥ na vanaśriyaḥ
na kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

4. na bhūtayakṣarakṣāṃsi na gulmāḥ na vanaśriyaḥ
na kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

4. Neither ghosts, yakṣas, nor rākṣasas; neither bushes nor the splendors of the forest. Neither entities of wood and grass, nor stationary, nor moving beings.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• भूतयक्षरक्षांसि (bhūtayakṣarakṣāṁsi) - ghosts, yakṣas, and rākṣasas

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• गुल्माः (gulmāḥ) - bushes, shrubs

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• वनश्रियः (vanaśriyaḥ) - beauties/splendors of the forest

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• काष्ठतृणभूतानि (kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni) - beings/entities of wood and grass

• स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - stationary beings, immobile things

• चराणि (carāṇi) - moving beings, mobile things

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

भूतयक्षरक्षांसि (bhūtayakṣarakṣāṁsi) - ghosts, yakṣas, and rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūtayakṣarakṣas

bhūtayakṣarakṣas - ghosts, yakṣas, and rākṣasas (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (bhūta+yakṣa+rakṣas)

• bhūta – being, creature, ghost, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• yakṣa – class of semi-divine beings, often guardians of wealth
  noun (masculine)
• rakṣas – demon, evil spirit, rākṣasa
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

गुल्माः (gulmāḥ) - bushes, shrubs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gulma

gulma - bush, shrub, cluster of plants, troop of soldiers

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

वनश्रियः (vanaśriyaḥ) - beauties/splendors of the forest

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vanaśrī

vanaśrī - forest beauty, splendor of the forest

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+śrī)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• śrī – splendor, glory, beauty, prosperity
  noun (feminine)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

काष्ठतृणभूतानि (kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni) - beings/entities of wood and grass

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūta

kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūta - entities made of wood and grass, plants

Compound type : dvandva tatpurusha (kāṣṭha+tṛṇa+bhūta)

• kāṣṭha – wood, stick, log
  noun (neuter)
• tṛṇa – grass, straw, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, existing
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - stationary beings, immobile things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthāvara

sthāvara - immobile, stationary, fixed, plants

from root sthā 'to stand'

Root: sthā (class 1)

चराणि (carāṇi) - moving beings, mobile things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cara

cara - moving, movable, mobile, animals

from root car 'to move'

Root: car (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

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